OpenTable Review Widget for Big Cartel — Free, the Only Free Path

BlooTrue's OpenTable Review Widget for Big Cartel is a free, app-free embed that displays your OpenTable diner reviews on any Big Cartel shop — the merch store, gift-card page, or coffee-bean shop your restaurant runs on Big Cartel. There is a triple gap to bridge here: OpenTable's official website widget only takes reservations and never displays reviews, Big Cartel has no native OpenTable integration, and the Big Cartel App catalog does not list an OpenTable-specific app. BlooTrue fills all three gaps as a pure HTML embed that works on every Big Cartel plan from Gold (free, 5-product) to Titanium. Every review shown comes from a verified diner — someone who booked through OpenTable and honored the reservation — with real 1–5 star ratings shown as-is, no conversion. Install path: Pages editor — add a custom Page, click the Source button to switch to HTML view, paste the snippet, save. Diamond and Titanium shops can also paste into theme code (layout.html before </body>) for sitewide placement. Six widget styles with light and dark themes plus a free custom color picker. On paid plans, schema.org Review + AggregateRating JSON-LD is added to the page, which makes it eligible for star ratings in Google search results where the embed runs inline rather than inside an iframe.

How to embed OpenTable reviews on Big Cartel in 60 seconds

Paste your full OpenTable restaurant URL (e.g. https://www.opentable.com/r/your-restaurant) into the BlooTrue builder on this page.
Pick a widget style and customize colors, theme, and layout.
Publish, then copy the one-line HTML embed code from the builder.
In Big Cartel admin: Pages → Add a page (or edit an existing custom Page).
Click the Source button (</>) to switch to HTML view, paste the embed, and click Save.
Optional sitewide placement (Diamond+): Customize design → Theme code → Edit code, open layout.html, paste before </body>.

Why doesn't OpenTable's own widget show reviews?

OpenTable's official website widget is built for one job: booking tables. It embeds a reservation form, not your review feed — the verified-diner reviews that convince people to book stay locked on opentable.com. OpenTable does not publish a paste-ready review embed the way Google publishes Place Cards. For Big Cartel sellers in particular, the gap is wider — Big Cartel does not list an OpenTable-specific app in its catalog, so third-party widgets like BlooTrue are the canonical way to surface OpenTable diner reviews on a Big Cartel storefront.

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Free OpenTable Review Widgets for Big Cartel

Embed verified diner reviews on any Big Cartel shop in 60 seconds — works on every plan including Gold (free). OpenTable's official widget only books tables, never shows reviews, and Big Cartel has no OpenTable app; BlooTrue is the only free path.

Key facts: 60-second install on Big Cartel · shows the reviews OpenTable's widget won't · works on every Big Cartel plan · Gold-tier (free) compatible · no OpenTable API key required · schema.org markup on paid plans

Last updated September 14, 2026·by Mike Ragimov

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Star ratings in search results, on paid plans

Paid widgets add schema.org Review and AggregateRating JSON-LD to the page they sit on, so search engines and AI answer engines can read your Google reviews as structured data. The free plan shows the reviews without the schema. See how the schema works

Install guides

Same OpenTable widget, platform-specific install guide. Pick where your restaurant's site lives.

Looking for a different review source? See all OpenTable widgets

Setting this up on a different platform? See all OpenTable review widgets

Why Use BlooTrue for OpenTable on Big Cartel?

The only free way to put OpenTable diner reviews on a Big Cartel shop — OpenTable's widget only books tables, and Big Cartel has no OpenTable app.

Shows What OpenTable's Widget Won't

OpenTable's official website widget only takes reservations — it never displays your reviews. BlooTrue is the free, paste-and-go complement — pulls verified diner reviews from your public OpenTable restaurant page automatically.

Works on Every Big Cartel Plan

Gold (free, 5-product), Platinum, Diamond, Titanium — all supported via the Pages editor. No tier upgrade required.

Fills the Big Cartel App Gap

Big Cartel has no OpenTable-specific app in its catalog and no native OpenTable integration. BlooTrue is the only free third-party path.

No OpenTable API Key Required

Works with any public OpenTable restaurant page. No developer application, no API quotas, no OpenTable partnership required.

How Do I Install BlooTrue OpenTable on Big Cartel?

Takes less than a minute. The Pages route works on every plan including Gold.

Add or Edit a Page in Big Cartel Admin

Log into your Big Cartel admin and open Pages. Click Add a page for a fresh custom Page, or open an existing custom Page (About, Reviews, Testimonials) to edit it.

This works on every Big Cartel plan — Gold (free), Platinum, Diamond, Titanium.

Switch to Source (HTML) View and Paste

In the page editor, find the Source button at the top-right of the editor toolbar — it looks like </>. Click it to switch to HTML view.

Paste the BlooTrue OpenTable embed code you copied above into the HTML view. Click Source again to flip back to the visual view and confirm the widget renders before saving.

Save the Page

Click Save to publish the page. Your OpenTable diner reviews appear on the live page instantly. No app install, no OpenTable API key, no plan upgrade required.

Optional — Sitewide Placement (Diamond+)

For sitewide placement in your header, footer, or homepage, open Customize design → Theme code → Edit code, find your active theme's layout.html file, and paste the embed code just before the closing </body> tag.

Plan note: Theme code editing is gated behind the Diamond plan and up. Gold and Platinum shops should stick with the Pages route in steps 1–3.

Reviews auto-sync from OpenTable every 24 hours.

How BlooTrue Compares to Other OpenTable-on-Big-Cartel Options

OpenTable's widget only books tables. Big Cartel has no OpenTable app. Here are the only paths.

Option	BlooTrue	OpenTable official widget	Hand-rolled HTML
Displays OpenTable reviews on your site		—	Manual scrape
Works on Big Cartel Gold (free)		—
Auto-sync new OpenTable reviews		—	—
No OpenTable API key needed		—	Sometimes
No coding required		—	—
SEO rich snippets (JSON-LD)		—	Manual
Pricing for full features	$9/mo	N/A	Dev time

About OpenTable reviews in this widget

Your OpenTable widget shows the diner reviews from your restaurant's OpenTable page, the one at opentable.com/r. The score heading the widget is the overall star rating and review count OpenTable reports for that page, rather than a number built from the cards. Every review comes from a diner who booked through OpenTable and honoured the reservation, so nobody who did not sit down at your tables can post one. OpenTable's own website widget only takes reservations; pasting it in the hope of seeing diner reviews gets you a booking form, since OpenTable has no review embed.

Frequently Asked Questions

I already have the OpenTable reservation widget on my site, does it show reviews too?

No. OpenTable's reservation widget takes bookings and offers no way to show diner reviews. The BlooTrue widget is a separate one-line embed built from your opentable.com/r restaurant URL, showing the reviews diners left after honouring a reservation, with the OpenTable rating and review count in the header taken from your page.

Are OpenTable reviews worth embedding if diners can only review after a reservation?

Yes, because that rule is what sets OpenTable apart. OpenTable only opens the review form to a diner who honoured a reservation booked through OpenTable, so every card on your site comes from a person who ate at your restaurant on a known date. Sites that let anyone post cannot say that about their reviews.

How quickly does a new OpenTable review reach my website?

On a paid plan, by the next day: the widget refreshes from your OpenTable page every 24 hours, so a review written after last night's reservation appears the following day, and the BlooTrue badge is removed. On the free plan the diner reviews are the ones imported when you first published the widget; new ones do not arrive.

Is the BlooTrue OpenTable widget free for Big Cartel?

Yes. BlooTrue is completely free for Big Cartel. No app install, no recurring fee, unlimited widget views, no plan upgrade required. The free plan shows your OpenTable diner reviews with BlooTrue branding in the footer.

I'm on the Gold (free) plan — can I still install this?

Yes. The Pages route works on every Big Cartel plan including the free Gold tier. You add a custom Page in admin, click the Source button to switch to HTML view, paste the embed code, and save. Theme code editing is the only feature gated behind Diamond+, but Gold-tier shops don't need it.

Doesn't OpenTable already offer a website widget?

Yes, but it only takes reservations — OpenTable's official website widget books tables and never displays your reviews. Combined with the fact that Big Cartel itself has no native OpenTable integration and no OpenTable app in its catalog, BlooTrue is effectively the only free path.

Do I need an OpenTable API key or developer access?

No. BlooTrue works with any public OpenTable restaurant page — no OpenTable API key, no developer application, no partnership required. Just paste your full restaurant URL (e.g. https://www.opentable.com/r/your-restaurant) into the BlooTrue builder.

Where do I find the Source button in the Big Cartel page editor?

The Source button is at the top-right of the page editor toolbar — it looks like </> (angle brackets with a forward slash). Clicking it toggles between the visual rich-text view and the raw HTML view.

Will the widget slow down my Big Cartel shop?

No. The widget loads asynchronously after your page content, so it never blocks rendering. The script is under 20KB and reviews are served from a CDN cache. Typical impact on Largest Contentful Paint is under 50ms — well within Core Web Vitals thresholds.

Can I customize the widget to match my Big Cartel theme colors?

Yes. The style gallery on this page and the BlooTrue builder let you pick from 100+ styles, light or dark themes, and a custom accent color (free hex picker). The outer background is transparent so the widget blends with any Big Cartel theme.